Back in February (geez, where has the time gone!) I received my very first mail from Allison Leonard (Hutchins, TX). It is a postcard featuring a glossy photo of a St. Francis garden statue.
Thanks, Allison!
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Does the name JDIMYTAI DAMOUR ring a bell? No? That’s alright if it doesn’t, but I’m hoping after you read this you will never forget him. I know I won’t. Mail Artist Tim Collapse sent this commemorative postcard to me. I received it the day before Thanksgiving; two days before Black Friday.
In this last quarter of 2019 I received two postcards from the talented Tim Collapse (Altamahaw, NC). The one I’m featuring in this blog post was received in September. It is a vintage postcard of the Chicago Creek Road (Colorado) which has been altered with four strips of paper, each a different color and design. With the scenic postcard picture still visible, Tim’s add-ons give it a whole new texture. Stay tuned for a post on the second card I received from Mr. Collapse. Thanks a bunch, Tim!
Here’s more mail from Jack at Cascadia Artpost (Olympia, WA): A postcard from March, “Library Card No. 1,” featuring some of the best known mail art books (I own four of the books shown). Another postcard from October pays homage to EX POSTO FACTO’S “Fluxus Bucks,” which turned 25 in 2019. Great mail from Cascadia Artpost! Thanks, Jack!
Received August 14, 2019: two pieces of mail from Atte Ourie, a fellow IUOMA-ning member from Finland. Many thanks to Atte Ourie!
Mail art received March 13, 2019... Thomas Brown's postcard from earlier this year certainly looks like mail for the Autumn season - the orange color, the stamped squirrel image under the return address. The thing is - Tom's card states that "Spring is on its way." Always great to get mail from Thomas Brown.
Thanks so much! August 19, 2019: Great mail art day, with the arrival of Steph Dodson's beautifully decorated envelope (chockful of awesome stuff)... This is the first mail I received from Steph Dodson, who has been involved with mail art since 2011. I believe my first encounter with Steph is via the IUOMA-ning group, "A TOUCH OF VINTAGE." Another postcard from the fab Richard Canard - this one received April 17, 2019. Gotta love the smily face! Richard's wisdom on this face card reads, "The shortest distance between two points is a parallel line next to the outer edge." Loads of thanks to Richard!
Mail art from Jimmy Connors (Germany) received February 15, 2019... I had to look through my mail art logbook to see if I had received any mail from Jimmy Connors in the past. As it turns out, this postcard is the first piece from him.
This wonderful post card arrived from Germany on May 2. It is the first piece of mail from Werner Noske, a professional artist and fellow member of IUOMA. The card features a pink and white woodcut print of a bearded man. He appears to be crestfallen.
The artist provides his web address on the back of the post card, so I spent time browsing the site. I discovered that, since the early 1970s, Werner Noske has worked with various forms of visual art: painting (watercolor, acrylic, oil), drawing, printmaking (etching, linoleum & wood) and sculpture. |
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